gruagach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gruagach (genitive singular masculine gruagaigh, genitive singular feminine gruagaí, plural gruagacha, comparative gruagaí)
Declension edit
Declension of gruagach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gruagach | ghruagach | gruagacha; ghruagacha² | |
Vocative | ghruagaigh | gruagacha | ||
Genitive | gruagaí | gruagacha | gruagach | |
Dative | gruagach; ghruagach¹ |
ghruagach; ghruagaigh (archaic) |
gruagacha; ghruagacha² | |
Comparative | níos gruagaí | |||
Superlative | is gruagaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun edit
gruagach m (genitive singular gruagaigh, nominative plural gruagaigh)
- hairy goblin, brownie
- Bigfoot (a very large, hairy, humanoid creature said to live in the wilderness areas of North America)
- Shaggy uncouth person.
- pintail
- Synonym: lacha stiúrach
Declension edit
Declension of gruagach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gruagach | ghruagach | ngruagach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From gruag (“hair”) + -ach; girls and young women in the old days of the Highlands went bareheaded before they married, after which they covered their hair with a white kerchief.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gruagach f (genitive singular gruagaich, plural gruagaichean)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
gruagach | ghruagach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |